NVIDIA RTX 4060 vs Apple M4 Max (64GB)

How these GPUs compare for running local LLMs — VRAM, bandwidth, price, and per-model fit across popular open-weights models.

54 models compared8 GB vs 64 GB VRAM272 GB/s vs 546 GB/s$479 vs $2,899
GPU A

NVIDIA RTX 4060

VRAM
8 GB
Bandwidth
272 GB/s
Street price
$479
Vendor
nvidia
GPU BRuns more models

Apple M4 Max (64GB)

VRAM
64 GB
Bandwidth
546 GB/s
Street price
$2,899
Vendor
apple

The short answer

Apple M4 Max (64GB) can run 22 models that NVIDIA RTX 4060 can't fit in VRAM — mostly the larger models. For the 18 models both can handle, speeds are similar. If you want headroom for bigger models, Apple M4 Max (64GB) is the clear choice.

22 models B runs, A can't
8 models A is 20%+ faster
3 models B is 20%+ faster
7 equal (both run, <20% diff)
14 too large for either

Model-by-model fit

Click any row for the full breakdown. Tie% shown in the Winner column when both GPUs run the model within 20% of each other.

ModelNVIDIA RTX 4060Apple M4 Max (64GB)Winner
c4ai-command-r-v01 35B
35B · command
Too large13 tok/s · Q8_0B (only)
Command-R+ 104B
104B · command
Too largeToo large
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
8B · deepseek
33 tok/s · Q6_K28 tok/s · FP16≈tie A +18%
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
14.8B · deepseek
Too large15 tok/s · FP16B (only)
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
70.6B · deepseek
Too large8 tok/s · Q6_KB (only)
DeepSeek R1 671B
671B · deepseek
Too largeToo large
DeepSeek-V3 685B
685B · deepseek
Too largeToo large
DeepSeek-V3.2 685.4B
685.4B · deepseek
Too largeToo large
gemma-2-9b
9.2B · gemma
41 tok/s · Q4_K_M25 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
gemma-2-27b
27.2B · gemma
Too large8 tok/s · FP16B (only)
Llama 3.1 8B Compact
8B · llama
31 tok/s · Q6_K25 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
CodeLlama 34B
34B · llama
Too large13 tok/s · Q8_0B (only)
CodeLlama 34B
34B · llama
Too large13 tok/s · Q8_0B (only)
Llama 3.3 70B
70.6B · llama
Too large8 tok/s · Q6_KB (only)
Llama 3.1 70B
70.6B · llama
Too large8 tok/s · Q6_KB (only)
Llama 4 Scout 17B
109B · llama
Too largeToo large
Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E
400B · llama
Too largeToo large
Llama 3.1 405B
405B · llama
Too largeToo large
Mistral 7B v0.1
7.25B · mistral
36 tok/s · Q6_K31 tok/s · FP16≈tie A +16%
Codestral 22B
22.2B · mistral
Too large10 tok/s · FP16B (only)
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1
47B · mixtral
Too large9 tok/s · Q8_0B (only)
Mistral Large 2 123B
123B · mistral
Too largeToo large
Phi-4-mini 3.8B
3.8B · phi
54 tok/s · Q8_057 tok/s · FP16≈tie B +6%
Phi-4 14B
14B · phi
Too large14 tok/s · FP16B (only)
Qwen 2.5 1.5B
1.5B · qwen
66 tok/s · FP16133 tok/s · FP16B (faster)
Qwen 2.5 3B
3.1B · qwen
35 tok/s · FP1669 tok/s · FP16B (faster)
Qwen3.5-4B
4.7B · qwen
45 tok/s · Q8_047 tok/s · FP16≈tie B +4%
Qwen 2.5 7B
7.6B · qwen
35 tok/s · Q6_K30 tok/s · FP16≈tie A +17%
Qwen 2.5 7B
7.6B · qwen
35 tok/s · Q6_K30 tok/s · FP16≈tie A +17%
Qwen 3 8B
8B · qwen
31 tok/s · Q6_K25 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Qwen3.5-9B
9.7B · qwen
39 tok/s · Q4_K_M23 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Qwen 3 32B
32B · qwen
Too large13 tok/s · Q8_0B (only)
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
36B · qwen
Too large13 tok/s · Q8_0B (only)
Qwen 2.5 72B
72.7B · qwen
Too large8 tok/s · Q6_KB (only)
Qwen 2.5 72B
72.7B · qwen
Too large8 tok/s · Q6_KB (only)
Llama 3.2 1B
1.24B · llama
81 tok/s · FP16163 tok/s · FP16B (faster)
Llama 4 Scout 17B
109B · llama
Too largeToo large
DeepSeek R1 671B
671B · deepseek
Too largeToo large
Gemma 3 27B
27B · gemma
Too large15 tok/s · Q8_0B (only)
Qwen 3 8B
8B · qwen
31 tok/s · Q6_K25 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Qwen 3 32B
32B · qwen
Too large13 tok/s · Q8_0B (only)
Llama 3.1 8B Compact
8B · llama
31 tok/s · Q6_K25 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1
47B · mixtral
Too large9 tok/s · Q8_0B (only)
Mistral Small 3.2 24B
24B · mistral
Too large10 tok/s · FP16B (only)
Command A 111B
111B · command
Too largeToo large
DeepSeek R1 0528
685B · deepseek
Too largeToo large
DeepSeek-V3-0324
684.5B · deepseek
Too largeToo large
DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B
8.2B · qwen
36 tok/s · Q6_K29 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
235B · qwen
Too largeToo large
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507
30B · qwen
Too large16 tok/s · Q8_0B (only)
Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507
4B · qwen
59 tok/s · Q8_059 tok/s · FP16equal
gemma-4-E4B-it
8B · gemma
36 tok/s · Q6_K30 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
gemma-4-26B-A4B-it
26.5B · gemma
Too large18 tok/s · Q8_0B (only)
gemma-4-31B-it
32.7B · gemma
Too large15 tok/s · Q8_0B (only)

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